A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Champerico in Guatemala on Sunday. The temblor was detected at 12:02:46 / 12:02 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -92.1646 West, latitude 13.5012 North, depth = 44.76 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us1000f0ez. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000f0ez. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/06/18 / 2018-06-24 18:02:46 / June 24, 2018 @ 6:02 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 44.76 km (28 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 93 km (58 miles) from Champerico (c. 7 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Champerico (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 92 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala.
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